Shenzhen urges quick action on checkpoint

Shenzhen is hoping an assessment on the best site for a fifth border checkpoint will move the city one step closer to easing traffic pressure in the downtown area.

'The results of the evaluation will be handed down in the first half of the year,' Guangdong Vice-Governor Tang Bingquan said yesterday. 'In the future, trucks from eastern Guangdong can use the new Eastern Corridor to enter Hong Kong without passing through downtown Shenzhen.'

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